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IGS Games random on-line dungeon generator

This is still a work in progress, but I would be interested in any comments or suggestions about my random dungeon generator. It can be found at: http://www.igsgames.com/Utilities/DungeonGenerator If it's not working, then I'm probably debugging something or adding new tiles. The plan is to flesh out the room descriptions, and add encounters/items for BRP, T&T, and OSR.

Anyway, I found a hash background in another forum that is attributed to Tom Cardin. I cannot PM him until after 5 posts, so if he is reading, or someone else can PM him, I'm interested in using the tile on my dungeon, and am looking for the artist's approval.

For the record, we pretend to be a real company, but have never actually sold anything. I think our LLC expired this year anyway. :-)

This is a very useful tool for any setting that uses underground lairs. It would be especially useful to be able to make a printable version (hint, hint). I would suggest leaving a "blank" option for the encounters and descriptions so that people who use other systems can add their own information.

I'm used playing with dungeon generators but none get to this level of quality!

A question though: do you developped your own engine or do you make use of on-shelf one like NBOS Inspiration Pad Pro 2?
Another one: do you search for developper backup to go faster in research/development?